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JOHN PATRICK LAMBOOY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 22, 1946 – September 19, 1969
Service recordJohn Patrick Lambooy, of Omaha, Nebraska, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 19, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 114 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 114
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 22, 1946
- Home of record
- Omaha, Nebraska (Douglas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 19, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date September 19, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 114
- BERNARD JAMES HENRYPrivate First Class · September 19, 1969
- KENNETH LEE PERRYSpecialist Four · September 19, 1969
- LARRY GUNNELL PINSONLance Corporal · September 19, 1969
- JOHN ARTHUR REEDFirst Lieutenant · September 19, 1969
From Omaha
- WAYNE ELLSWORTH MARCHANDStaff Sergeant · April 8, 1962
- GERALD CHARLES GRIFFINLieutenant · October 6, 1962
- PAUL RICHARD SMITHFirst Lieutenant · July 6, 1963
- HAROLD WILLIAM SHRADERStaff Sergeant · August 9, 1965
- WILLIAM DENNIS PINEGARPrivate First Class · October 6, 1965
- RICHARD RAY BIGLEYLance Corporal · November 22, 1965
- RONALD LEE GERRYPrivate First Class · January 5, 1966
- ALLEN CHARLES BAILEYLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- MACK ROYAL SANDERSPrivate First Class · May 12, 1966
- RICHARD THOMAS PERRINCaptain · June 27, 1966
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.